The Empress's No.1 Lackey

It shot out on its own, directly breaking through the roof, piercing a large hole, transforming into a streak of flowing light, and it rose from the ground, soaring out of the entire Imperial Palace toward a certain direction.

"What's that noise?!"

The imperial guards stationed within the Grand Temple were shocked, rushing over immediately, but could only stare dumbfoundedly at the gloomy sky, where a piercing golden light streaked across the sky.

"The Grand Ancestor's treasured sword!"

"Quickly report to His Majesty, the Taia Sword has flown away!"

The palace was in chaos.

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...

"Eh, what's happening? Are we still fighting?"

"Right, why has Yama Zhao closed his eyes and stopped moving?"

"Could it be some kind of invisible Divine Soul battle that we can't see?"

The crowd around the platform gradually started to make a noisy clamor.

However, as their voices grew weaker, the audience had not heard the prior conversation between the two people on stage, leaving them particularly puzzled.

"Why isn't big brother moving? Could he be adjusting his Inner Qi?"

Zhao Pan's small face was serious as she attempted to analyze the situation with her very limited knowledge of martial arts.

You Jinhua just intensely stared, nervously looking to her side at a noblewoman who seemed knowledgeable, trying to inquire.

But she too shook her head with a puzzled expression.

"What is Mr. Zhao doing?"

An official couldn't help but speak out, "Wasn't he supposed to fight? Is he still going to fight, after all this time has passed..."

Many in the crowd were both puzzled and irritated, having anticipated a fierce battle that had yet to occur.

Just when they thought the fight was about to start, this unexpected event happened.

"What's this..."

Mo Chou looked puzzledly at Eunuch Hai and Xue Shence, turning to these two powerful court figures for help.

Xue Shence, alert and observant, heard the conversation that seeped through the covers and forcibly explained:

"Mr. Zhao seems to be waiting for a weapon. Perhaps someone has brought it to him."

Even this Secretariat Envoy could not comprehend what was going on.

At that moment, the old eunuch in his python robe suddenly raised his head.

His gray hair fluttered in the wind, and his old eyes suddenly emitted a chilling brilliance, entering an extremely alert stance in an instant.

The next second, Xue Shence's ears twitched slightly, he suddenly turned his body, looking in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

Bian Ji looked up.

Gongshu Tianyuan and Jin Jian also suddenly stood up.

At this moment, many powerful figures at the venue were the first to turn their heads, looking astonishedly toward the distance, followed by countless common people also exclaiming:

"What is that?!"

On the platform.

Hugging his arms and feeling irritable, already somewhat impatient and about to urge things along, Tian Hai suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head abruptly.

His pupils clearly reflected a piece of grim dark clouds and the stacked dark clouds of continuous autumn rain at the end, where a sudden bright, terrifyingly fast streak of golden light tore through the sky!

At that time, a streak of golden light arrived with a thundering muffled sound of breaking through the air.

Carrying an unmatched power, in an instant, it fiercely collided into the light shield encircling the platform.

The shield, which could weaken and block "Worldly Realm" level forces, first dimmed for a moment, then in an instant started flashing wildly dozens of times, and then explosively shattered!

Immediately after, a series of electrical machine-like explosion sounds followed.

Accompanied by the shattered light shield whipping up a wild wind, causing flags to flutter and the surrounding common people to panic, covering their heads and scurrying away.

On both sides of the platform.

In the stands where Heavenly Master Mansion, Divine Dragon Temple, and the high officials and ministers of the court were located, countless people were shocked to their feet!

Eyes widened.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhao Douan, who seemed to be deep in thought with his eyes closed, had at some point raised his hand, opening his five fingers in a grabbing motion.

In his palm, remarkably appeared a formidable heavy sword.

Sword name: Taia

Zhao Douan, amidst the wild wind, opened his eyes and, looking at the deeply shocked Tian Hai, smiled and said:

"My borrowed weapon has arrived."

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ps: I'm a bit scared to press the publish button, already imagining the displeased expressions of the readers, but there's really no filler (sob).

I mulled it over repeatedly, whether to write this segment first, then fight, or fight first and summon the Taia Sword at the end... The latter has a stronger dramatic tension, but the former makes more logical sense, so I used one chapter to summon it first before the fight starts.

The next chapter won't have a wait, I'll try to stay up writing, seeing how much I can write, and tomorrow morning, the readers can see.